Overalls.



w. J. cUiuMINGs. OVBBALLS. APPLIOATIO FILED API. 30,1908.

Patend Dec. 1, 1908.

UNITED sTATEs WILLIAM J. CUMMINGS, Ol? JOLIET, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TOSWEET, (JRR it COMPANY,

NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, A FIRM.

PATENT oEEioE;

oVEnALLs.

Specification of Letters Patent..

fatented Dec. 1, 1908` Application filed April 30, 1908. Serial No.430,202,

. ofilllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementl inOveralls, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription. l-Ieretofore overalls have been provided with pockets forreceiving tools, nails, and

other articles, arranged in appropriate posi tions upon the garments sothat they may be readily accessible by the wearcrs of the garments, butso far as I am aware, there has been no provision of a special pocketfor carrying a handkercliicf-` So also overalls have heretofore beenprovided With safety Watch pockets, but these pockets being on theoutside accumulate dirt and gritty substances which mar or scratch thewatch.

The object of this invention is to provide overalls with a pocketseparate from the usual pockets for tools and other articles, which willbe unexposed and yet in a convenient place to receive a handkerchief,and from which the handkerchief may be readil)I removed for use. and asreadily replaced.

A further object of the invention is to provide a safety.r Watch pocketwith openings at its bottom through which any dirtor gritty substancethat may iind its way into the pocket will escape, thus preventingr theaccuinulation of such substances in the pocket and so avoiding injury tothe Watch.

The invention consists in overalls having a bib front provided with alining or backing stitched thereto and left op'en at one edge toconstitute a rear pocket, and a combined safety Watch and pencil pockethaving openings at its bottom for the escape of gritty substances froinsaid pocket., all as I will proceed to now more particularl)r set forthand finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings, .illustrating the invention, in theseveral figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation. Fig. 3 is a rear view,in perspec* tive, showing the rear pocket slightly bulged with ahandkerchief therein. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the left handportion of the bib front, showing the o enings at the bottoni of theWatch pocket s ightly bulged.

The invention is herein shown as applied to overalls of usual orconventional form or l pattern, but it is equally applicable to otherforms or patterns of overalls wherein a bib i front is employed, and tooveralls and other garments of any kind wherein a watch pocket isdesirable.

l and 2 are the usual leg portions, provided with the usual frontpockets 3, 3, and rear pocket 4, for the reception of tools and otherarticles. i

5 and are the usual shoulder-straps.

7 and S are the usual bib sections extond ing upwardly from thewaist-line of the garment. i

A lining or backing is secured to the bib ,section and stitched theretoin such manner i as to forni a space between said lining or bac-king andthe material of the bib to constitute a pocket, the material of the biband said `lining orbacking being left unstitched at a convenient placeto forni an entrance to said pocket. 1

As herein shown, and in the preferred construction, tlic right hand bibsection Tis provided at the rear with a lining or backing 9 which issecured to the bib section 7 by joining it thereto by the stitching atthe cen.- ter seam l0 of the two bib sections, and at the Waist-line bya line of stitching 11. As

tion of the outer inclined edge of the bib section 7, and. said edge ishenimed, asiat 12, and left unstitched from the bib section, theremaining upperand outer edges of the lining or backing 9 being securedto the bib sectionby the lines of stitching 13 and 14, respectively, ofthe upper and side henis of the bib section.

The lining or backing 9 and the bib section 7 as thus constructed andstitched together forni a convenient pocket 'for the reception of ahandkerchief or any other article of use to a user of overalls, and whenused for a handkerchief, the handkerchief may lbe' placed therein andwill be out of the way of the wearer and is readily accessible for use,and may as readily be replaced in the pocket. And furthermore, by theprovision of this pocket, the otherpockets of the overalls,

by the wearers handkerchief.

The front of the left hand bib section 8 is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, thelining or backing 9 has its upper right hand corner cut at a` greaterangle or inclination than the iinclma-` soY `io5 which are provided forthe reception of tools and other articles, will not be inonopohzed ,l

provided with a combined safety Watch and 110 at its bottoni endeuteredges by lines of I' stitchingr 16 end 17, respectively, .find providedWith a short vertical opening or slit 18S opening into the safety Watchil-ioehet. The. hne. of stitching 16 is interrupted :i short distancefrom the opposite lower corners oi" the 1 pocket and preferablyterminates in short j iroin sind outer side edge stitching to the up--verticel lines of stitching, thereby leaving' portions of the hennnedlower edge ol the piece 15 disconnected from the bib section i to fornivents or openings 19 ntthe lower corners oi`A the Watch pocket, wherebyany dirt or gritty substance that may -i'ind its 'mty into the pocketwill esca-pe or be dislodged therefron'i, and thus prevent then-ccuinuletion of' such substances in the pocket to nier or scratch theense of the Watch. A line of 1 stitching 20 to one side of the-stitching17 'forms :in upright pene-il pocket. The upper edge of the piece 15 issecured to the bib 'sectionrby e line olt stitching 21 extending towithin a short distance of its outer edge to leave an ent-renee openinginto the pencil pocket.

I have herein shown 'the linndlierehief pocket formed upon the righthand side of the bib only, but l Wishto be understood its notl limitingmy invention to this :irre-ngement of the poeliet, as itis within myinvention to arrange a pocket upon both sides` oll the rear of the bib,or n single pocket upon either side thereof.

lt is to be understood that the invention is not limited to anypnrtieuler shape of Watch pocket, or to env particular felnipe ol' theopen bottoni portion thereof, or to the number or location of theopenings for the escape 0f dirt, excepting in so 'fer es such opening oropenings are of n kind end arrangement edge ot' the bib pert wey alongits outer side edge, :rnd lei't unettitehed along seid edge `)er .ni-rtol the bib therebv 'lorininv e inouth i o b 'tor the pocket arrangedb21-eli of tlie edge oi' the bib.

2. Overalls having nr bib7 e lining?r or back# ing secured nt one edgeto the center of seid bib, and having its lower edge secured to said bibby e line oi stitchingr :it the waist line, and having its upper eornereut ntzin angle to the side edge. o1' the bib, und having the re-',niztinder of its top :ind side edges secured by the stitching of' theheins at the upper and side edges el' the bib respectively end thecut-away edge left unstitched to iiorin a side opening between seid bibend lining or backing beck of sind inwnrdlyiroin the edge of the bib,the material oi the bib and seid lining or backing constituting` eypocket upon the rear of the bib.v

B.' Overalls having a watch pocket constructed with unstite-hed portionset its lower corners with en intermediate stitched portion,- to forniopenings et the opposite lower corners of the pocket for the escape ofdirt and other 'gritty substances from the pocket.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hzind this 21st dey of AprilA. D. 1908.

WITAM J. CUMMINGS.

Wi tnesses:

s JAMES B. GAsCoiGNE,

D. R. MolllAsTER.

